More luxury family resorts · Four short lists
All-inclusive, St. Lucia, Costa Rica
These are the luxury family resorts that answer a specific request: one all-inclusive, two in St. Lucia, two in Costa Rica and two with connecting rooms.
In each one we start with the room that fits the family, then the extras around it. Pick the group that matches your trip and we take it from there.
Stay on the family side of this all-inclusive, with kids’ programming, while a separate adults-only area gives grandparents and couples their own space. It sits on the quiet Playa Mujeres strip north of Cancún, with the Ciel Spa hydrotherapy circuit on site.
The Residences go up to four bedrooms, and the Two Bedroom Grand Luxury Villas add private patios and plunge pools, all with Piton or sea views and personal butler service. Over 100 acres in the Val des Pitons run down to white-sand Sugar Beach, a 45-minute drive from Hewanorra International.
Book a Two or Three Bedroom Villa Suite with its own pool, or with pool and roof terrace. This Relais & Châteaux hotel sits on a private oceanfront bluff with three acres of gardens and a secluded sandy beach below.
A private peninsula in Guanacaste with a beach on each side, a kids’ club, and monkeys crossing the canopy between the pools. Liberia airport is about forty-five minutes away, and your booking carries daily breakfast for up to two guests per bedroom.
Tiered hot-spring pools look straight at Arenal volcano, and a rescue-wildlife sanctuary sits on the property, with a guided tour included on your booking. Zip lining, canyoning and river tubing start at Club Rio, just below the lodge, which makes it Costa Rica’s great family adventure lodge.
Ask for the Junior Suites Jardin, which have connecting rooms for families, or one of the two adjacent villas, Aqua and Bleu. The hotel sits on the bay of Grand Cul-de-Sac with infinity pools over the sea.
The hotel lists connecting rooms, children’s programs and babysitting, and the Signature Two Bedroom and Two Bedroom Suite with Plunge Pool give a family its own space. It is the former estate of Franco Zeffirelli, with villas and suites over the Amalfi Coast.
All-inclusive, St. Lucia, Costa Rica or connecting rooms: the right choice depends on who’s coming. Send us your dates and who’s travelling, and we’ll match the room to the family.
Check my datesHere is what each hotel runs for children. SLS Playa Mujeres: Coati Kids Club, ages 4 to 11; Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort: Sugar Club, ages 4 to 11; Cap Maison Resort & Spa: Cap Maison Kids Club, in summer; Four Seasons Resort Peninsula Papagayo: Kids For All Seasons, ages 4 to 12. We confirm hours and booking for your dates.
Yes: SLS Playa Mujeres, on the quiet Playa Mujeres strip north of Cancún. It has a family side with kids’ programming, a separate adults-only area for grandparents and couples, and the Ciel Spa hydrotherapy circuit.
Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort has One, Two and Four Bedroom Residences and Two Bedroom Grand Luxury Villas with plunge pools, all with butler service. Cap Maison has Two and Three Bedroom Villa Suites with private pools, some with roof terraces, above a secluded sandy beach.
Four Seasons Peninsula Papagayo, with two beaches on a private peninsula and a kids’ club, about forty-five minutes from Liberia. And The Springs at Arenal, with hot-spring pools facing the volcano, a wildlife sanctuary on property and rafting, riding and canyoning nearby.
At six of the seven, yes: you pay the hotel’s own rate, and the Virtuoso extras are confirmed in writing, such as daily breakfast for up to two guests per bedroom, a hotel, food and beverage or spa credit, and an upgrade when available. SLS Playa Mujeres is booked through our direct relationship with the resort, and we confirm the rate with them for your dates.
You pay the hotel directly. We confirm availability and the rate, attach any extras in writing and hold the room, suite or villa. There is no fee from us.
